I've missed this blog the last couple of Thursdays but I have done some writing. Nancy Ratey asked me to write a guest post on her coaching blog for CHADD, so check it out over here. I also spent time at the Apple Store trying to get either one of our household's laptops fixed. I […]
Becca Colao ADHD, Social "Skills", Tips 0 Comments
Following up on my last post, where I talked about some of the difficulties people with ADHD have in making friends, I wanted to mention some ways I have seen that can work well to build friendships and community. Clubs. I joined and attended a Toastmasters club for several years. I didn't become close friends […]
Becca Colao ADHD, ADHD Coaching, Social "Skills" 1 Comment
3. People with ADHD have difficulty knowing or remembering relevant boundaries in relationships. It is much harder to have a good relationship with someone if you forget or don't realize (or impulsively ignore) that you don't want to share certain personal information with them. Also related to this is the fact that not everyone needs […]
Becca Colao ADHD, Social "Skills" 1 Comment
Continuing on from Sunday's post, here is my second point on ADHD and difficulty making friends: 2. People with ADHD seem to have difficulty making the distinction between different kinds of relationships. I think our culture at the moment makes this harder on us as well because we tend to lack community in our everyday […]
Becca Colao ADHD, ADHD Coaching, Social "Skills" 3 Comments
I have been reading a really long discussion thread on www.womenwithadhd.com about the difficulty people (ok, in this case women) with adhd feel they have making friends. It reminded me of discussions I have had with coaching clients over the years and with the things I have learned myself about this topic. I wanted to […]
Becca Colao ADHD, Executive Function, Hyperfocus, Working 2 Comments
What I don't have right now is gobs of unstructured time. This is a good thing, in that I tend to be more on-task, on-point, and generally productive that way. But when I didn't know why I wasn't getting the changes to my website made (migrating it over to a typepad platform so I can […]
